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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
You may not have heard it about it but I did.
The reason it wasn't a compliance buyout is the Flames wanted to use one on a much larger salary such as Ribeiro or Cam Ward, but ultimately couldn't make either of those deals work (ribeiro used his no trade, forcing the yotes to buy him out instead of the flames).
At the time, his salary didn't matter for buyout purposes as the flames were well below the cap ceiling, and arguably it still doesn't matter because the guy was awful and it was worth buying him out instead of playing him or having him around the organization, even in the minors.
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They had 2 compliance buyouts. Couldn't they have just waited to see what happened with Ribeiro or Ward before making a short sighted move that would impact the team's ability in the future?